Postal Network Spread Across the Country to be Used for Increasing Access to Formal Financial System

The Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitely presenting the Union Budget 2015-16, here today, said that the government is committed to increasing access of the people to the formal financial system. In this context, Government proposes to utilize the vast Postal network with nearly 1,54,000 points of presence spread across the villages of the country . The Minister hoped that the Postal Department will make its proposed Payments Bank venture successful so that it contributes further to the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.

Shri Jaitley said that to bring parity in regulation of Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) with other financial institutions in matters relating to recovery, it is proposed that NBFCs registered with RBI and having asset size of Rs. 500 crore and above will b considered for notifications as ‘Financial Institution’ In terms of the SARFAESI Act, 2002. 

Source :  PIB

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Benefits to Middle Class Tax Payers in the Budget 2015-16

The Union Minister of Finance Shri Arun Jaitley in his Budget Speech in Lok Sabha today proposed rationalization of various tax exemptions and incentives to reduce tax disputes and improve tax administration. He said, with a view to encourage savings and to promote health care among individual tax payers, it is proposed to increase the limit of reduction of health insurance premium from Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000 and for senior citizen this limit is increase from Rs 20,000 to Rs 30,000.

For senior citizen above the age of 80 years, not eligible to take health insurance, deduction is allowed for Rs 30,000 toward medical expenditure.  Deduction limit of Rs 60,000 on expenditure on account of specified diseases is enhanced to Rs 80,000 in the case of senior citizens.

Additional deduction of Rs 25,000 is allowed for differently-abled persons, increasing the limit from Rs 50,000 to Rs 75,000. It is also proposed to increase the limit of deduction from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1.25 lakh in case of severe disability.

The Finance Minister Shri Jaitley also proposed to provide that investment in Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme will be eligible for deduction under section 80C of the income-tax and any payment from the scheme shall not be liable to tax.

Limit on deduction on account of contribution to a pension fund and the new pension scheme is proposed to be increased from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1.5 lakh.

Additional deduction of Rs 50,000 will be allowed for contribution to the new pension scheme u/s 80 CCD increasing from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1.5 lakh.

Details of tax deductions proposed are as follows: 

·	Deduction u/s 80C	Rs 1,50,000
·	Deduction u/s 80CCD	Rs 50,000
·	Deduction on account of interest on house property loan (Self occupied property)	Rs 2,00,000
·	Deduction u/s 80D on health insurance premium	Rs 25,000
·	Exemption of transport allowance	Rs 19,200
	Total	Rs 4,44,200

Source  :  pib.nic.in

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Key highlights of Budget 2015

New Delhi: Presenting Union Budget 2015-16 in Parliament, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday announced that the rate of corporate tax would be reduced to 25 percent from 30 percent over the next four years.

The FM further said there would be no change in income tax slabs for individual tax payers.

Reading out the Budget speech, Jaitley said that the state of the country's economy is better placed today with its credibility re-established by a series of measures taken by the Narendra Modi government. He stressed that India is growing when economies the world over are struggling.

Here are the Key Highlights:

Taxation 

- Individual tax payer will benefit to the extent Rs. 4,44,200/- from exemptions   announced

- National Pension Scheme: Exemption raised from Rs 1,00,000 to Rs.1,50,000

- Exemption of Rs 50,000 for pension under Sec 80C

- Transport allowance exemption increased to Rs 1600 from Rs 800 per month

- Health Insurance Premium deduction increased to Rs 25,000/- from Rs 15,000

- Health Insurance Premium deduction for Senior Citizens increased to Rs 30,000/- from Rs 10,000

- All contributions to Sukanya Samridhi scheme to be tax free

- Wealth Tax to be abolished

- 2% surcharge on those who have income of over Rs 1 cr per annum

- PAN must for any sale exceeding Rs 1 lakh

- Corporate Tax to be reduced to 25% from 30% over next four years

- To avoid surprise in taxation policy

- Corporate tax to be reduced be 5% over next four years

- Tax relief for yoga instructions, institutions

- Consolidated Service tax increased to 14%

- Direct tax proposals to lead to loss of Rs.8,315 cr

- Indirect proposals to yield Rs 23,383 cr

- India is a super-giant which moves slowly but surely

- Clean energy cess increased from 100 to 200 Rupees per metric ton of coal to finance Green Energy Fund

- 100% tax exemption in CSR activities for Clean Ganga Fund & Swacch Bharat Kosh

- Custom duty on raw materials and intermediaries to be reduced

- MAT rules to be rationalised for FIIs

- To set up IT-based student scholarship scheme

- Tax on Technical Services reduced to 10% from 25%

- Defer the applicability of GAAR for 2 years; will only apply prospectively after Apr 2017

- Super Rich surcharge to garner additional Rs 9,000 cr

- Benami Property Transaction bill to tackle black money transaction in real estate soon

- High corporate tax with too many exceptions gives us worst of both worlds, we neither get revenues nor investments

- Taxation is an instrument of socio-economic engineering

- GST expected to play transformative role by creating a common market; have already introduced bill for same

- Aim to rationalize and cut exemptions in corporate tax

- Direct Tax collection is going to be 14.49 lakh crore rupees

Others

- Have given a road map for the future in the budget speech: FM

- Govt to get tough on Black Money

- Budget speech concludes with commitment to well being of all "Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah, Sarve Santu Niramayah”

- Policy of Make in India in Defence not only to cater our needs but also for export

- Defence budget enhanced to Rs 2,46,727 crore

- Special Assistance to Bihar and West Bengal

- Rs 15,000 crore scheme to skill rural India

- Poor students get fund aid through PM scheme

- Renewable energy target will be increased to 1,75,000 MW

- AIIMS to be set up in J&K, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh and Assam

- IIT in Karnataka, IIMs in J&K and Andhra Pradesh

- ISM Dhanabad will be upgraded to full IIT

- Section 6 of FEMA to be amended

- Public procurement law to be introduced

- Public contracts resolution bill to be introduced

- Rupay Debit Cards to be incentivised, to move towards paperless transactions

- Regulatory reform law for infrastructure development

- To launch National Skills Mission to boost jobs

- Committee to be set up to plan the celebration of the 100th birth anniversary of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya

- Govt to do away with distinctions between FII and FDI and replace it with Composite Caps

- Another 1,000 crores for Nirbhaya Fund

- Corpus for maintenance of Global Heritage Sites at Goa, Gujarat, J&K, Mumbai, Punjab and Telangana

- Environment friendly development process only

- Foreign investment in alternate investment funds

- Govt to introduce Gold Monetization Scheme, Sovereign Gold Bonds

- EPF & ESI has hostage rather than client ; ESI should be made optional to employees

- Visa on arrival for 150 countries in phases

- FMC to be strengthened by merging with SEBI

- To put in place bankruptcy code soon

- Employees contribution to EPF should be optional

- Indian Gold Coin with Ashok Chakra

- 5 Ultra Mega power projects, of 4000 MW announced

- Highest ever allocation for MGNREGA, by increasing it this year by 5,000 crore rupees

- Internationally competitive Direct Tax regime to be put in place

- Deepening of bond market to complement our world class equity; Public Debt Management agency towards this end

- Ports in public sector will be encouraged to corporatize & become companies under Companies Act

- Plan an expert committee for Drafting Legislation for Regulatory mechanism

- NBFCs with size of Rs 500 cr and above to get parity in recoveries

- Capex for state PSUs to be Rs 3.17 lakh crore

- PM agri plans get Rs 3,000 crore extra allocation

- Initial sum of Rs 150 Cr to create world class IT hub to take advantage of our competitiveness

- Expert committee to examine need for multiple prior clearances for projects

- PPP model has to be revised and revitalized

- Rs 30,000 crore allocation for SC welfare schemes

- Lending priority to be given to SC, ST in Mudra bank

- Outlay upped by 24,000 cr for rail, road

- Capex for state PSUs to be Rs 3.17 lakh crore

- Atal Innovation Mission to foster culture of research among India's and global brain

- Investment in Infrastructure to go up by 70,000 crores in 2015-16 over 2014-15

- Tax free Infrastructure bonds for projects in railways and roads

- PM Surakhsha Bima Yojna to increase the access to insurance ; it will be linked with Jan Dhan Yojna

- Atal Pension Yojna to provide defined pension according to contribution ; 50% contribution to be from Gov

- Divestment in loss making units

- New scheme called Nayi Manzil to enable minority youth without school-leaving certificates to get the employment

- Exhibition of Parsi culture

- Senior citizens welfare fund to subsidise the premium for elderly people

- MUDRA bank to refinance micro finance institution under PMs MUDRA scheme

- To utilize vast postal network for increasing access to institutional banking

- To launch PM Suraksha Bhima Yojana, offering coverage of 2 lakh rupees for just premium of Rs 12 (Rs 1 per month)

- Universal Social Security for all indians

- New scheme physical aid and assisted

- GST to be in place by April 01. 2016

- Senior citizens welfare fund to subsidise the premium for elderly people

- Proposes a Mudra Bank of corpus of 20000 crores to refinance the MFIs

- To bring a Comprehensive Bankruptcy code for the ease of doing business by 2015-16

- Committed to increase the access of people to formal financial system

- Committed to bring a Universal social security system for all

- Manufacturing Hub through Make in India program

- Forex reserves at $340 billion

- We need a well targeted system of subsidies rather than to cut subsidies

- Micro irrigation to get Rs 5300 crore

- Electrification of villages by 2020

- To continue with MNREGA

- Agri credit target in 2015-16 increased to 8.5 lakh crore

- National agri market to increase income of farmers

- Well-targeted system of Subsidy delivery, cutting down of leakage

- Need well targeted system to rationalise subsidies

- LPG direct transfer subsidy to be expanded

- Rural Infrastructure Development Fund to be at Rs 25000 Cr

- Road map to achieve Fiscal Deficit of 3% of GDP in three years

- Target of 3.9% in Fiscal Deficit 2015-16

- Target of 3.5% in Fiscal Deficit 2016-17

- Target of 3% in Fiscal Deficit 2017-18

- Will finish the journey to 3% fiscal deficit in two years

- Tax buoyancy is lower but still we will meet the promise of Fiscal deficit of 4.1% of GDP this year

- Latest CPI 5.1% WPI negative

- States to get 62% of the total resources

- Rural and urban divide to be removed

- A roof for each family in India by 2022- 75th Year of India's Independence

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AICPIN for Jan 2015 - Increased from 253 to 254 ie., increase by 1 point

AICPIN for Jan 2015 : CPI-IW Base Year 2001=100 for the month of January 2015 released by Labour Bureau

One of the most expected statistics amongst Central Govt employees and Pensioners for the purpose of additional Dearness Allowance calculation has been released by Labour Bureau today on its official portal.

The index of CPI-IW for the month of January 2015 is increased by one point and stands at 254. After a long time, the index is moved from the existing point of 253.

All India Consumer Price Index for the month of Jan 2015 is used for the first step of additional dearness allowance calculation which will be effect from July 2015 to all Central Govt employees and Pensioners.

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Now book your rail ticket 4 months in advance & " OPERATION FIVE MINUTES" scheme

Railway passengers soon will be able to book your rail ticket four months in advance instead of two months at present.

In his Railway budget speech in Lok Sabha, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday said advance reservation period has been extended from 60 days at present to 120 days to check the rising menace of touts.

Asked when the decision will be implemented, Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha told reporters later that it would come into force in the next fortnight. Incidentally, the advance reservation period earlier was 120 days but was reduced to 60 days about two years back, a step the railways had then said was initiated to also check the tout menace.

Member Traffic Ajay Shukla said advancing the reservation period once again to 120 days would discourage the touts as it involves more cancellation charges.

Mr. Prabhu announced introduction of ‘operation five minutes’ scheme under which ticketless passengers can get regular tickets within five minutes of entering station.

Provision of modified ‘hot buttons’, coin vending machines and ‘single destination teller windows’ will drastically reduce the transaction time, the Minister said.

For the differently-abled travellers, a special initiative is also being launched whereby they can purchase concessional e-tickets after one-time registration. It is also proposed to work towards developing a multilingual e-ticketing portal.

“We will move towards crediting all refunds through the banking system,” the Minister said.

Noting that in Central, Western and Southern Railway suburban sections, a pilot project of issuing unreserved tickets on smart phones has already been started, he said the facility would be progressively introduced to all stations. Automatic ticket vending machines have been installed at many stations.

Source  :  The Hindu

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TRAI proposes to slash rates up to 80 percent - Mobile Roaming charges may go cheaper

India’s telecom regulator Friday proposed to chop roaming call and SMS rates drastically, by around 35 percent and 80 percent respectively.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Friday released a draft amendment to the Telecommunication Tariff Order, 1999 for comments of the stakeholders.

Through the amendment order, the TRAI aims to reduce the ceiling tariffs for national roaming services, a statement said here.

National roaming service is the facility provided to a subscriber to avail services subscribed in its home network, while travelling outside the geographical coverage area of the home network, by means of using a visited network. As per the existing framework for telecom access services, the country has been divided into 22 licensed service areas.

The TRAI has proposed to cut down maximum charges that can be imposed on outgoing local calls during roaming to 65 paise per minute, from ceiling rate of Re.1 per minute, under the latest draft amendment of telecommunication tariff order.

It has also proposed to slash long distance or STD call rates during roaming to Re.1 per minute, from maximum charge of Rs.1.5 per minute. TRAI wants telecom companies to charge a maximum of 45 paise per minute, instead of 75 paise permitted at present for incoming calls.

It said local SMS should be charged 20 paise maximum compared Re.1 that can be charged at present while roaming. TRAI has proposed 25 paise per STD SMS sent by customers when they are roaming, compared to the ceiling tariff of Rs.1.5 per SMS now.

The telecom regulator has sought comments from stakeholders by March 13, following which it will issue the final order.

PTI

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DLT, BO BAT and Default fee issues fixed in Sanchay Post Ver 7.5

Even we have upgraded Sanchay Post Patch Order wise upto Sanchay Post Patch 10.1, It does not shows the BAT and DLT in BO Transaction. It shows only for First BO transaction.

RD Default Issues

When we collect more than one default months (example Dec 2014 ,Jan 2015,Feb 2015),it will come as 1+1+1 default Rupees instead of 1+2+3 for  100 /-  Rs denomination after up gradation to 10.1

Solution

• Before going to apply below solution kindly ensure that Sanchay Post Patches Upgraded upto Latest version of 10.1.
• Ensure that those patches are installed orderwise.
• Service Pack 1 and 2 should be upgraded.

Click here to download

1. For BO and RD Default issues, SDC given solution as pbd file.
2. It should be download from PoTools.
3. Replace in SP5\OT Folder.

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GTalk is officially dead, long live Hangouts

NEW DELHI: Google Talk, the 9-year old instant messaging service, has finally been killed by the internet giant. Popularly known as GTalk, the service will now be replaced by Google's Hangouts; the two have co-existed since 2013. 

The news about the retirement of GTalk had been announced by Google's product manager for Voice and Hangouts, Mayur Kamat, on February 16 via a blog post. 

Though the service is officially dead, it can still be accessed via third-party applications like Jitsi, Psi, Instantbird, Miranda IM, among many others. However, Google in an email sent to users said, "Please bear in mind that these aren't Google products, so exercise caution when signing in with your Google account." 

Among the key features of Google Talk was invisibility mode, which is not available in Hangouts. Also, sharing files is much more convenient on GTalk compared to Hangouts. 

However, Hangouts is an important tool in Google's fight against popular messaging apps like WhatsApp. With a browser extension, mobile app and Gmail integration, Hangouts provides a more consistent user experience than GTalk. 

Moreover, Hangouts integrates text messages with internet-based instant messages, along with GTalk features like voice and video calling. 

Below is the full text of the email that Google sent to GTalk users: 

Hi User, 

We noticed that you recently tried using the Google Talk app for Windows. We wanted to let you know that this was discontinued on 23 February 2015. We recommend giving Hangouts a try so that you can chat with all of your Google contacts. Hangouts supports people's favourite features from Google Talk, including text chat, presence, contact lists and status messages. In addition, Hangouts lets you have group video chats, make phone calls, express yourself with emojis and keep your conversations going across Android, iOS and your computer. 

If messaging right from your desktop is important to you, try the Hangouts Chrome app or Hangouts in Gmail. If you're not ready to make the switch to Hangouts quite yet, you can continue using Google Talk on Windows with a range of compatible third-party chat apps. (Please bear in mind that these aren't Google products, so exercise caution when signing in with your Google account.) 

As a loyal Google Talk user, we thank you for your support and we hope that you give us the opportunity to provide an even better communications experience with Google Hangouts.

If this sign-in attempt was not made by you, please check details on your Devices and Activity page 

Sincerely, The Google Talk and Hangouts team 

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Kendriya Vidyalaya Sansthan Vital Statistics

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Introduction of SMS Alert in advance the updated arrival/departure time of trains

The Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu has said that it is proposed to introduce an “SMS Alert” service to inform passengers in advance the updated arrival/departure time of trains at starting or destination stations. Similarly SMS alert would be sent 15/30 minutes in advance of arrival of the train at the destination.

Presenting the Railway Budget 2015-16 in Parliament today Shri Prabhu said, a centrally managed Railway Display Network is expected to be introduced in over 2,000 stations over the next two years which will aid in providing information on train arrival/departure, reservations, general and emergency messages and also any other information of interest to citizens. This facility will promote “Digital India Campaign” and also unlock huge advertising revenue potential.

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76 crore Aadhaar Cards Generated Across the Country as on Feb 2015

A total of 76.83 crore Aadhaars have been generated as on 15 February 2015 out of a total population of 121.01 crore (Census : 2011). State / UT- wise details of population, Enrolment for Aadhaar is carried out on an on-going basis, and is voluntary in nature. The Government has approved an outlay of Rs. 13,663.22 crore for the period 2009-17, of which an expenditure of Rs. 5512.18 crore has been incurred as on 31 January 2015. This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

The Minister said that Aadhaar is a Proof of Identity (PoI) and does not confer any justifys, entitlements or privileges upon the Aadhaar holder, whether in terms of any benefits or welfare or citizenship.

He said that various schemes / programmes implemented by the Central/ State Governments and UT Administrations may leverage Aadhaar in accordance with the prescribed procedures, from time to time.

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The Seventh Pay Commission is expected to submit its recommendations by August and it has been asked to look at the issue of raising productivity and improving the overall quality of public services in the country

NEW DELHI: The 14th Finance Commission has suggested linking pay with productivity with a focus on technology, skills and incentives, a move aimed at raising the productivity of government employees.

The panel has recommended that in future additional remuneration be linked to increase in productivity.

The Seventh Pay Commission is expected to submit its recommendations by August and it has been asked to look at the issue of raising productivity and improving the overall quality of public services in the country.

The Sixth Pay Commission had also said that steps should lead to improvement in the existing delivery mechanism by more delegation and de-layering and an emphasis on achieving quantifiable and concrete end results. Emphasis is to be on outcome rather than processes, it had said. The earlier Pay Commissions had also made several recommendations to enhance productivity and improve administration.

The 14th Finance Commission's recommendations assume significance at a time when the Narendra Modi government has focused its attention to improve the delivery of public services and is taking steps to use technology to improve efficiency.

The Union government has taken several steps to shore up the bureaucracy and has changed the way attendance is measured in government offices.

"Further we recommend that Pay Commissions be designated as Pay and Productivity Commissions with a clear mandate to recommend measures to improve productivity of an employee," said the 14th Finance Commission headed by former Reserve Bank of India Governor Y.V. Reddy.

The Reddy panel said productivity per employee can be raised through the application of technology in public service delivery and in public assets created.

"Raising the skills of employees through training and capacity building also has a positive impact on productivity. The use of appropriate technology and associated skill development require incentives for employees to raise their individual productivities," the Reddy led panel said.

"A Pay Commission's first task, therefore, would be identify the right mix of technology and skills for different categories of employees. The next step would be to design suitable financial incentives linked to measureable performance," the panel said.

An internal study by the Commission showed that the expenditure on pay and allowances (excluding expenditure for Union territories) more than doubled for the period 2007-08 to 2012-13 from Rs 46,230 crore to Rs 1.08 lakh crore. 

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Amendment in CCS Leave Rules for Disabled Persons – Dopt Orders

Amendment to Central Civil Service (Leave) Rules, 1972 – Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of justifys and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (PWD Act, 1995,)-regarding

G.I., Dep. of Per. & Trg., O.M.No.18017/1/2014-Estt(L), dated 25.2.2015

Subject: Amendment to Central Civil Service (Leave) Rules, 1972 – Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of justifys and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (PWD Act 1995)-regarding

The Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972 were amended vide the Department of Personnel and Training Notification No.13026/1/2002-Estt(L) dated the 15/16th January, 2004 consequent to the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of justifys and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (PWD Act 1995) which came into force from 7th February, 1996.

2. Section 47 of the PWD Act, 1995 provides that services of no employee can be terminated nor can he be reduced in rank in case the employee has acquired a disability during his service. The first proviso to the Section 47 lays down that if such an employee is not suitable for the post he was holding, he could be shifted to some other post. However, his pay and service benefits would be protected. The second proviso provides that if it is not possible to adjust such an employee against any post, he would be kept on a supernumerary post until a suitable post is available or he attains the age of superannuation, whichever is earlier. Further, the Clause (2) of Section 47 provides that no promotion shall be denied to a person merely on ground of his disability. In Kunal Singh v. Union of India, [2003] 4 SCC 524, Hon’ble Supreme Court has observed that the very frame and contents of Section 47 of the PWD Act, 1995 clearly indicate its mandatory nature.

3. The issues relating to leave or absence of Government servants who have acquired a disability while in service are required to be dealt with in the light of the provisions of the Section 47 of Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of justifys and Full Participation) Act, 1995. The case of a disabled government servant who is declared fit to resume duty but who may not able to perform the duties of the post he was holding earlier may be dealt with as per the first proviso to Section 47 of the PWD Act, 1995. The second proviso shall apply if it is not possible to adjust him against any existing post. In all such cases, the Government servant so adjusted shall be entitled to the pay scale and other service benefits attached to the post he was holding.

4. A disabled Government servant who is not fit to return to duty shall be adjusted as per second proviso to the Section 47 mentioned above, until he is declared fit to resume duty or attains the age of superannuation whichever is earlier, with the same pay scale and service benefits. On being declared fit for resuming duty, the Government servant who is not fit for the post he is holding, may be adjusted as per the first proviso to Section 47.

5. Leave applied on medical certificate in connection with disability should not be refused or revoked without reference to a Medical Authority, whose advice shall be binding. The ceiling on maximum permissible leave laid down in Rule 12 may not be applied to leave on medical certificate applied in connection with the disability. Any leave debited for the period after a Government servant is declared incapacitated shall be remitted back into his/her leave account.

6. For a government servant who is unable to submit an application or medical certificate on account of disability, an application/medical certificate submitted by a family member may be accepted. The provisions relating to examination of disabled Government servants and the Medical Authorities competent to issue such certificates are also being amended.

7. Necessary amendments to the Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972 are being notified separately.

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Changes in Kendriya Vidyalaya School Subjects – Amendment in Article 108 of the Education Code

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
(Min.of HRD,Deptt. Of Education, Govt.of India)
18-Institutional Area
Shaheed jeet singh Marg
New Delhi – 110016

F.11016/01/2013-15/KVS(HQ)/Acad/ASC/ATR
Dated:21-01-2015

Office Memorandum

Subject: Amendment in Article 108 of the Education Code for Kendriya Vidyalayas.

Board of Governors of KVS in its 100th meeting held on 10-12-2014 has ratified the recommendations of 42nd Academic Advisory Committee (AAC) meeting held on 26-11-2014 on Amendment in Article 108 of the Education Code for Kendriya Vidyalayas.

The Amendment are as under:-

Existing provision  A. Classes I to II (1) Hindi (2) Engilsh (3) Mathematics (4) Art of Healthy and productive living A.Classes III to V Scholastic Subjects: (1) Hindi (2) English (3) Mathematics (4) Environmental Studies Non – Scholastic Subjects: (5) Work Experience (6) Art (7) Physical Education/Games (8) Music (Computer Awareness programme as a part of work experience shall be provided from class III onwards if, facilities are available.)	Amended Provision A. Classes I to V (1) Hindi (2) English (3) Mathematics (4) Environmental Studies Co Scholastic Subjects:- (5) Art Education (6) Work Education (7) Health and physical Education (8) ICT skills *Art Education includes Music, Drawing Dance & Drama.
C. Calsses VI to VIII  Scholastic Subjects:(1) Sanskrit (2) Hindi (3) English (4) Mathematics (5) General Science (6) Social Studies Non Scholastic Subjects: (7) SUPW (8) Art Education (9) Health and Physical Education	B. Classes Vi to VIII  Scholastic Subjects:(1)Hindi (2) English (3) Third Language – Sanskrit (4) Mathematics (5) Science (6) Social Science Co Scholastic Subjects: (7) Work Education (8) Art Education (9) Health and physical Education including Yoga (10) ICT Skills * Art Education includes Music, Drawing, Dance & Drams.
D. Classes IX and X  Scholastic Subjects:(1) & (2) Any two languages out of Sanskrit, Hindi and English (3) Mathematics (4) Science and Technology (5) Information Technology (6) Socience (Computer literacy/Education as a part of work experience)	C. Classes IX and X: Scholastic Subjects: (1) & (2) Any two languages out of Sanskrit, Hindi and English (3) Mathematics (4) Science 5) Social Science Co Scholastic Subjects:- (6) Work Education (7) Art Education (8) Health and physical Education including yoga (9) ICT Skills * Vocational Subjects, if any, as per CBSE Guidelines. ** Art Education includes Music, Drawing Dance & Drame.
E. Calsses XI and XIII Science Group: Compulsory: Core language (English or Hindi or Sanskrit), SUPW, General Studies Elective: Any four of the following: (i) physics (ii) Chemistry (iii) Biology (iv)Mathematics (v) informatics practices (vi) Computer Science (vii) Multimedia & Web Technology (viii) Economics (ix) language other than that offered as compulsory core languae (x) Biotechnology	D. Classes XI and XIII Science Stream: Core Subjecs: English, Hindi,Sanskrit (Any One or two*) Elective: (Any four or three*) out of the following: (i) Physics (ii) Chemistry (iii) Biology (iv) Mathematics (V) Computer Science (VI) Informatics Practices (VII)Economics (ix) language other than that offered as compulsory core language (x) Biotechnology * Total: Core +Elective – 05 Subjects (CBSE guidelines to be followed)
II Commerce Group: Compulsory: Core language (Sanskrit or English or Hindi) SUPW, General Studies. Elective: Any four of the following (i) Accountancy (ii) Business Studies (iii) Economics (iv) Mathematics (v) Geography (vi) Informatics practices (vii) Computer Science (viii) Multimedia & Web Technology (ix) language other than that offered as compulsory core language.	II Commerce Stream: Core Subjects: English, Hindi, Sanskrit (Any one ot two*) Elective: (An four or three*) out of the following: (i) Accountancy (ii) Business Studies (iii) Economics (iv) Mathematics (v) Geography (vi) Informatics practices (vii) Computer Science (viii) Multimedia & Web Technology (ix) language other than that offered as compulsory core language. * Total: Core +Elective = 05 Subjects (CBSE guidelines to be followed)
III Humanities Group: Compulsory: Core language (Sanskrit or Hindi or English), SUPW, General Studies. Elective: Any four of the following (i) History (ii) Geography (iii) Economics (iv) Mathematics (v) language other than that offered as compulsory core language (vi) Multimedia & Web Technology (vii) Informatics practices. Note: Students may offer any subject as prescribed by the CBSE provided 15 or more students opt for the same. However, a student can also opt for any other subject (s) other than the above, even if the number of students is less than 15, provided he/she makes his/her own arrangements for study. This applies for both compulsory and elective subjects.	III Humanities Stream: Core Subjects: English, Hindi, Sanskrit (any one or two*) Elective: (Any four or three*) out of the following: (i) History (ii) Geography (iii) Economics (iv) Mathematics (v) language other than that offered as compulsory core language (vi) Multimedia & Web Technology (vii)Informatics practices (viii) Political science (ix) Sociology * Total: Core +Elective =05 Subjects (CBSW Guidelines to be followed) Co Scholastic subjects for all streams: i) Work Education ii) Health and physical Education including yoga iii)General studies/life skills Education/Values Education/Gender Sensitivity Note: Students may offer any subject as prescribed by the CBSE an arrangement of contractual teacher can be made by KV provided 15 or more students opt for the same. However, a student can also opt for any other subject(s) other than the above (Subject to CBSE guidelines), even if the number of students is less than 15, provided he/she makes his/her own arrangements for study. This applies for both core and elective subjects.

 Yours faithfully

Sd/-
(Dr.V.Vijayalakshmi)
Joint Commissioner(Acad)

Download KVS Office Memorandum F.11016/01/2013-15/KVS(HQ)/Acad/ASC/ATR dated 21.01.2015

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